THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES
FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 4-5, 2017
According to the Blues Music Foundation, Six performers, one album, five singles, one book and one magazine founder will be inducted at the Blues Foundation’s 38th Annual Induction Ceremony on May 10, 2017…..Induction into the 38th class will be Mavis Staples, Latimore, Magic Slim, Johnny Copeland, Willie Johnson, and Henry Gray..These are the singers and musicians…And then there’s Amy van Singel, the co founder of Living Blues Magazine that recently passed away…September of 2016 …Bo Diddley’s signature song, Bo Diddley and Tommy Tuckers tune Hi Heel Sneakers…and the Albert King Hit song, I’ll Play The Blues for You…along with Son House’s tune Preachin the Blues and I Ain’t Superstitious….Also John Lee Hooker’s 1966 Chess Album Real Folk Blues will go in. John Lee was inducted in 1980…And the W.C. Handy’s autobiography, Father of the Blues will go in…Great class of singers, writers, and blues people being inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame on May 10th. This is the big week for the Blues Foundation and part of their Blues Music Awards Week….If you want to see all the information on the Blues Hall of Fame inductions, we have a link on the BluesNews Page at BluesTimeinthecity.com
https://blues.org/mavis-staples-magic-slim-johnny-copeland-henry-gray-latimore-willie-johnson-inducted-blues-hall-fame-spring/
And speaking of awards, did you see the huge mistake last Sunday Night on the Academy Awards…They called out the wrong movie for Best Picture…. The people were on stage with their acceptances speeches when the mistake was discovered… Just goes to show, you have got to check everything, especially with a production that big….I was a TV producer for many many years…..It happens…. Probably the only person that could fully understand what they went through was Steve Harvey….. By the way, Moonlight won for best picture after the dust settled……
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Need information on the actual location of artists appearances….. Just go to bluestimeinthecity.com and click the BluesNews Page. If you know of an artist appearing anywhere at any time, email us at ro@bluestimeinthecity.com....and let us know Where They At…And that my friends is the BluesNews from the world of the BluesBlues, and that’s Where They At…..Where They At…..